Football Season ticket prices

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

I have 3 jobs right now. I'm picking up extra hours in the spring and fall so that we can give more to the PSC, get season tickets and make road trips. My wife and I have had a lot of fun with the Panthers and will continue that way until we die. It's not that hard to pick up extra cash if you want it. One of my "jobs" is reffing youth football. It's actually a lot of fun.

I don't doubt if people can afford the tix, but they can if they want to. We have a lot of bills and don't make a lot of cash. We do what we need to do to support the program.

[dustin86]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

you always have your stimulus check

[clenz]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

Since I live in CF, season tickets, had I not been a college student, would have been a great idea.

However, if I can't make it to all the games, and I live out of town like madcat I can't say I would be all for it.

However, with me saying that I'm thinking about the money, or lack there of that I have now. That small amount allows me to pay rent, utitlities, cell phone plan, ring payment, and some grocieries and that is about it. For me it isn't really feasable, but it all depends on the financial situtation of the person.

Heck, I'm as big of a Michigan Wolverine fan as you'll find in Iowa but I don't buy season tickets does that make me less of a fan? It isn't that I don't buy them because I have plans on the weekends, it is because I can't afford the tickets, gas, lodging, food, and anything else needed for a weekend trip to Ann Arbor 6 times a year. I must be less of a fan

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

THe first round playoff game where we won on the "great catch". If all you people are seriously complaining about paying alittle extra money for the tickets just think about how exciting it is to be there on GAMEDAY

Dustin, do yourself a favor and actually go back and read the thread before overgeneralizing and calling out "YOU" people.

No one on this thread is actually complaining about the price being too high. The person that started the thread said people s/he knew werent paying the extra prices, not him/her specifically.

News pointed to something that I agree with wholeheartedly... when you actually get repeat sell outs all season in part because you offered 1/2 price tickets out at businesses all over the area, it's a ridiculously ill-thought out strategy to immediately charge your most loyal fans, season ticket holders, more before going elsewhere first. A better strategy would be to get more of those people out in the community picking up half-price tickets to pay 75% of the cost of regular ticket instead.

Reward the most loyal and at the same time still offer the general public discounted tickets if you must but at a higher rate that last year. Everyone is happy. Its not that tough.

Again though, Dustin, questioning the strategy is not the same thing as complaining about the actual face value of the ticket.

Find me someone this thread that says that the prices aren't worth the product on the field.

[dustin86]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

alright so maybe i went a little over board but still i dont think this whole ticket price raise was a bad move by UNI.

Its actually basic economics when there is move demand for an item then the supply you should raise the price to a level where you are albe to maximixe your profit.

Take a look at the homecoming game where we had the ticket mess up and we sold more then what the dome could handle. I garentee that most of the people there would have paid more then the ticket price they paid to be able to get into the game.

This is probably the first time i have ever seen people out front of the dome scalping tickets and even tickets being on, on ebay. That there proves that people were willing to pay more for there tickets

I may not be the smartest person in the would but i do understand basic business ideas

[Mudrafan]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

clenz...don't be an idiot

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

I may not be the smartest person in the would but i do understand basic business ideas

You're right, they should be taking advantage.

However, what I would rather see is an incentive to buy season tickets over paying 1/2 regular ticket prices each game. The current system doesnt really entice those on the fence to buy season tix when they can get great deals around the CF for every game.

Its the classic minor league baseball argument GMs always have to deal with.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

The current system doesnt really entice those on the fence to buy season tix when they can get great deals around the CF for every game.

But they are saying they won't be doing discount tickets this year.

[Matt Trump]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

Athletic departments make money on season ticket sales, not passing out tickets for individual games just to get butts in the stands.

[UNIAlum95]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

But they are saying they won't be doing discount tickets this year.

That is true. No or few discounts is the plan. And for the first time, season tickets are less than single game tickets.

[Whitey81]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

More of this "true fan" BS. Find a reason for being people.

$130 doesn't sound like much, unless you don't have it. Every dollar is just a dollar until it's the first one you can't afford. That doesn't make them less than you, but think it does makes you less than them.

News,
I don't know where you got the "true fan" BS unless you are just being annoying (it worked)

I agree $130 is a lot if you don't have it. My point is for people to complain about ticket prices going up. Based on what I saw, that is a whole $10 increase. If you don't have the $130 then the same is probably true for the $120 last year. If you didn't have tix last year, the increase to you is irrelavent. If you did, its nearly insignificant.

To have or to have not has nothing to with anyone being a true fan. My post was purely of my desire to live closer so that I could see every home game.

[Matt Trump]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

News,
I don't know where you got the "true fan" BS unless you are just being annoying (it worked)

Sorry to speak for news, but did you read any posts on this thread??

[Matt Trump]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

Here's some help if u can't find them yourself

http://www.panthernation.com/showpost.php?p=123773&postcount=16

http://www.panthernation.com/showpost.php?p=123776&postcount=18

http://www.panthernation.com/showpost.php?p=123795&postcount=22

http://www.panthernation.com/showpost.php?p=123800&postcount=24

[Matt Trump]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

This isn't a knock on you but your statement got me to thinking about the "price" of a football game, as someone who lives basically right within your defined 250 mile radius.

For Me=

• $26 tickets x 2 = $52 per game
• Gas = $70 (500 miles round trip @ $3.50 a gallon, though it will likely be $4 by then)
• Hotel = ~$80-100
• Food & Drinks = ~$100

Truthfully, I would forgo the latter two on the list for some games and just drive down and back on Saturday. Makes those tickets a little more expensive though when you lay them all out. However, obviously its other factors besides just an increase in ticket prices that makes the trips get pricier for those coming from far away.

Maybe we should start a PantherNation hostel and those of us that travel on here can insure an inexpensive place to stay on game weekends!?!

You're paying waaay too much for a hotel in CF. All you have to do is call the Trails End Logde and you will save yourself enough for several Pablo's Burritos at the end of the night.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

The true fan argument was directed at all of those who choose not to but season tickets as a way to support the program because the department is "bleeding" money to use the same terms. I think it is unfair to lump people in that way because there are reasons other than price as to why people don't buy tickets. If he would have just left off the last sentence, I would have had no problem with what he said. I agree that UNI is by far the best value for D-I football in the state of Iowa, but I'm not going to pay for seats I am not going to use all year. Price doesn't matter, it's a matter of whether I would view that as wasting money. Sorry, Indiana State and Southern Utah were not really worth it for me last year and I was busy the Youngstown game. I made the Thursday night game and homecoming as well as the two road ISU games. Besides, listening to Gary on the radio is a good chunk of the fun anyways.